June 21, 2024 Residency Newsletter

• Resolution to Make USMLE 3 Pass/Fail
• IMGs Role in American Medicine
• The Upcoming Academic Year is Here
• Alabama Has AI Doctors

Resolution to Make USMLE 3 Pass/Fail

We’re not sure if this is going anywhere, but the subject has been getting tossed back and forth for several years. The justification, as written in the AMA resolution, is going to be a hard sell: '…preparing for Step 3 on top of clinical duties during residency may detract from on-the-job learning and patient care, especially for trainees who pursue fellowships, as Step 3 scores are a component of the application process.

The proposed policy is to change USMLE 3 / COMLEX-USA 3 from a scored exam to a pass-fail exam, and change them both from two-day to one-day exams.

Move USMLE Step 3 to Pass-Fail to Boost Residents’ Well-Being - AMA

The former President of the American College of Physicians presents some interesting numbers on international medical graduates (IMGs) in academic medicine and research. Internal medicine has the highest percentage of IMGs in the U.S. healthcare system. A lot of good history and statistics here illustrate the growth and contributions in academics and medical practice.

Everyone Under the Big Tent: the international Medical Graduate

You Know What July Means...

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Florida Makes Space Doctors, Now Alabama Has AI Doctors

Last week, it was University of Central Florida's hope to offer the first master’s in Space Medicine. The University of Alabama at Birmingham has been approved to offer an AI-focused medical degree, the Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. This program will include both the background knowledge necessary for building AI—such as machine learning, computer vision, and transformer neural networks—and its medical applications.

However, don’t bring your medical degree to apply; they’re looking for candidates with computer sciences, math, and engineer degrees, with a ‘strong background in calculus, statistics and linear algebra.’ <shudders>

Beyond Virtual: ChatGPT’s Role in the Residency Application Cycle